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Biden warns of new war as D-Day remembered
This might be the last significant D-Day anniversary to involve living veterans. But it’s the first to be overshadowed by a European territorial war.
Omaha Beach, France | In the French village of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, on the Normandy coast, almost every household seems to possess an American flag. And on June 6, the Stars and Stripes were fluttering alongside the French tricolore, and sometimes also a Union Jack or red maple leaf.
The village sits right behind Omaha Beach, part of the sandy, 35-kilometre coastal strip that in World War II hosted the largest amphibious and airborne assault in military history, as the Allies sought to liberate occupied France and defeat the Nazis on Germany’s western front.
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